Okay, I have something to tell you about my day today. It was disturbing to say the least. First off, two things happened. I messed up when I was punching in for my shift, and when I tried to fix it, it made things worse. I had a major anxiety attack, but my assistant manager fixed it so I am apparently still getting paid.


The second thing, an African American customer and I were talking and I said something that made him laugh. It wasn't anything bad but the woman my co-worker was ringing up took it as a racist comment and lectured me. But the African American customer I rang up spoke up in my defense, and another guy agreed with him.


But those were not what upset me. While this was going on another customer was making a ruckus. She was stealing from us, and considering the area we are in, I am used to it. She was arguing with my assistant manager and she really seemed to be targeting her. I tried to ignore it and focus on the line I was ringing up, when suddenly I felt something wet explode. The woman had thrown a can of soda and it burst drenching me, the customers and the register. The woman left but she still hung around the store. My co-workers called the police and they closed the door. Suddenly, the woman forced the door open, and dragged my assistant manager out.


Apparently a fight broke out, and the woman attacked my assistant manager with a knife. It was so bad she was sent to the hospital. The police arrived, we filed our report, but we closed the store down for a while until another assistant manager arrived to run things. The assistant manager who got attacked came back later to the store. Physically she looked fine, but mentally she is still in a bad place.


All my prayers are going out to her. I don't want to sound selfish, but if you all have any prayers or good wishes to offer her, please give them. My assistant manager is a wonderful woman. In fact, she and I used to work at the same store before we transferred over to this new one.